Mauro Tassotti (Italian pronunciation:[ˈmaurotasˈsɔtti]; born in Rome, 19 January 1960) is an Italian manager and former footballer who played predominantly as a right back. He currently serves as an assistant coach at Genoa. After making his Serie A debut with Lazio, he went on to play with AC Milan for 17 years. He won 17 major titles with Milan, including five Serie A championships and three UEFA Champions League tournaments, reaching five finals in total. He is mostly remembered for his role alongside Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, Filippo Galli and Christian Panucci in the Milan backline under managers Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello, forming what is considered by many in the sport to be one of the greatest defensive lineups of all time.[a]
An Italian international in the early 1990s, Tassotti only came into the national side under Sacchi, when he was already in his 30s, helping Italy to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Tassotti would go on to represent his nation at the final tournament, winning a runners-up medal, although he was banned for the latter half of the tournament. Prior to his Italy senior career, he had previously also represented Italy at under-21 level, and participated at the 1988 Olympics with the under-23 team, finishing in fourth place.
After retiring in 1997, Tassotti remained connected to Milan in several positions: he worked as a youth coach, as an assistant manager, as a caretaker manager and subsequently as a talent scout, until he left the club in 2016 to join the Ukrainian national side as an assistant coach.[11]
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MauroTassotti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaurotasˈsɔtti]; born in Rome, 19 January 1960) is an Italian manager and former footballer who played predominantly...
all-Italian defence alongside Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta, MauroTassotti and later Christian Panucci, under managers Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio...
best known for his role alongside Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, and MauroTassotti, forming one of the greatest defences in Serie A and European football...
Maldini formed with long-timers Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, MauroTassotti, as well as Filippo Galli, Stefano Nava and later Christian Panucci...
exceptions represented by the 1915–16 Coppa Federale and the 1917–18 Coppa Mauro, two tournaments played during the First World War which, especially the...
line-up of Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, and MauroTassotti, which is regarded as one of the greatest defences of all time, his...
Baresi (719), Alessandro Costacurta (663), Gianni Rivera (658) and MauroTassotti (583). Nordahl is the only player to have scored over 200 goals for...
where he was a backup for players such as Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, MauroTassotti, and Alessandro Costacurta. Nava began his career in 1985 with Pro Sesto...
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just 15 goals. The club's back four at the time, primarily made up by MauroTassotti, Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta and Paolo Maldini, is regarded...
Berlusconi, featured players such as Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi, MauroTassotti and Alessandro Costacurta as defenders; Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit...
as the defensive back four of Franco Baresi, Alessandro Costacurta, MauroTassotti and Paolo Maldini, were also a key to his success. The first European...
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Asunción in 1990. Their European-winning line-up was: Giovanni Galli; MauroTassotti, Alessandro Costacurta, Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini; Angelo Colombo...
owned by some of the great names of the club such as Andrea Pirlo and MauroTassotti. Van Ginkel made his first appearance for Milan on the bench against...
possibility of another two-year extension. Former Italy and Milan defender MauroTassotti, who was assistant coach when Shevchenko was at Milan, joined his coaching...
for the club (whose captain was his son, Paolo) alongside youth coach MauroTassotti, following Alberto Zaccheroni's sacking, and led the squad for their...
World Cup history, exceeding the eight-match ban handed to Italy's MauroTassotti for breaking the nose of Spain's Luis Enrique in 1994. Suárez was also...
1994 World Cup. The match became controversial when Italian defender MauroTassotti struck Luis Enrique with his elbow inside Spain's penalty area, causing...
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